You know those days: A dark cloud follows you around at work, pouring misery onto everything and anything you do. When you return home, all you... More >>
At one time or another, we've all been there. We've all sat forlornly at some wedding reception where the only people we knew were the ones who... More >>
Sometimes, no matter how charmed you are by a place, a restaurant will have one waiter or one habit or one dish that's so irritating it colors an... More >>
If you think pasta just isn't pasta unless it's served in a bowl big enough to bathe a small child in, if a serving of beef just doesn't cut it... More >>
Any Houstonian with half a nose for the local cuisine can direct an out-of-towner to the best Mexican plate or the freshest Gulf seafood. But... More >>
Sending me to review a cafeteria is a bit like sending Bill Clinton to judge the Miss America pageant. In theory, it's not such a bad idea. In... More >>
Most people know New Orleans restaurants via the upscale culinary temples that have made Creole cuisine famous, places such as Commander's Palace,... More >>
You can have all the trendy restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs and jazz joints you want. You can even convert all the old buildings within a two-mile... More >>
Good Cajun and creole food is about as rare in Houston as a mild day in August. So it's not surprising that when Mary Hodge and her husband,... More >>
You hardly ever hear anyone say, "Honey, I feel like Korean food tonight!" Ask most people what they know about Korean, and you're likely to get a... More >>
Faster than you can say "new American cuisine" or "Asian fusion," the Nuevo Latino trend is sweeping the rest of the country. Of course, this is... More >>
In a world filled with trendy chocolate mousse cakes, chocolate towers, chocolate bombes, molten chocolate tortes and God only knows what else,... More >>
After one week in France (and watching one too many French films), I've searched continuously for a Houston version of my ideal French bistro. It... More >>
Florence "Flo" Bosley is the queen of the steam table. Most cuisines aren't tough enough to endure the rigors of the lunch buffet (although that... More >>
There's only one really bad thing about the anti-clotting pill Pradaxa. You can't fall or get cut while taking it because once you start bleeding, there's almost no way to stop it. There's no reversal agent, no antidote.
There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
